Sentences with phrase «general writing rules»

In addition to these general writing rules, however, there are more specific errors you do not want to make when creating your resume.

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A former airport customer service agent Travis O'Neal wrote on Quora, «As a general rule, the later in the day you travel, the more likely you are to catch a delay.»

Yesterday, I wrote about the Securities and Exchange Commission's vote to lift the ban on general solicitation, an 80 - year - old rule that prevented entrepreneurs from speaking publicly about raising funds for their businesses.

To recap, the JOBS Act of 2012 required the SEC, by last summer, to write rules to implement the lifting of the ban on general solicitation in Rule 506 offerings where all purchasers are accredited investors.

This is a blog concerned with the material culture of religion, and as a general rule, I don't write about politics.

Smith has copies of memos he wrote to Athletic Director Raymond P. Murphy, who is no longer at the Point, Superintendent Lieut. General Andrew J. Goodpaster and Deputy Superintendent Brigadier General Charles W. Bagnal, setting down his «worry about being close to the law» and urging «exactitude» in compliance with the rules.

I think Keynes was over-egging the pudding when he wrote, in the famous peroration to his General Theory, that the world is ruled by «little else» other than ideas, but I fervently agree with him that ideas «are more powerful than is commonly understood»; and that «soon or late, it is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or ill».

And I'm afraid the idea that in general or other elections the Electoral Commission does enforce even the rules that do exist, let alone that those rules create a level playing field or are even enforceable at all, betrays the fact that those who write such are not actually that closely involved in electoral politics.

Among these critics are 19 Democratic state attorneys general, who wrote a lengthy, joint comment on the rule demanding that it be withdrawn.

A copy of the new constitution, seen by the Observer, lays out «rules for online communication», which include the diktat that «party members shall refrain from using the Ukip logo in terms of their online postings, including avatars, unless they have express written consent to do so from the party leader, the party chairman, the party secretary, the general secretary, the party director, the regional chairman or regional organiser for their region.»

The section states that «Nothing in this rule shall be deemed to prevent an officer from publishing in his own name, by writing, speech or broadcast matters relating to a subject of general interest which does not contain a critic of any officer.»

The new law also requires 501 (C)(4) groups to disclose to the Attorney General any communications, whether written, broadcast or otherwise, having to do with legislation, votes on legislation, pending legislation, government action on rules, regulations or the decisions of any legislative or executive administrative body.

While the group backed by Cuomo's allies claims that they're the only one for which two of four statewide candidates — the governor and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul — endorsed the rules, Caruso wrote it would be an «unfortunate precedent» for the court to assume other candidates, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, were undecided about adopting that set.

On July 5, AAAS wrote Richard M. Thomas, associate general counsel for the Office of Government Ethics, to support OGE's proposed rule that would allow federal scientists to participate in professional societies.

On the other hand, it's a general rule of good writing to use no more syllables than necessary.

The general rule of thumb is, if you were writing an email that you're sending to one person, would you include any of these things?

Copyright is owned and maintained by the author and by general international rule, is granted once the manuscript is written.

A general rule of thumb is to write the book you want to write and if it proves relevant to a particular international audience then great.

There are no rules to write content as general, but the writer has to understand the depth of the styles.

In spite of this fact, students should use all the basic rules of the writing and follow general requirements.

Comparison Contrast Essay There are some general rules to consider before you begin to write a comparison and contrast essay.

general structure and outline - before writing dissertation on any topic, individuals have to be aware of basic rules and structure for writing, as this is a difficult kind of academic writing,

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You wrote a book on how to write a breakout novel, and I think that's because a breakout novel — which let's call, here, first - class fiction — is the exception to a general rule of otherwise safe, largely mediocre «ocean of genre imitations if not amateurish writing.»

In Buffett's Ground Rules, written by Jeremy Miller, the author provides the following checklist as a tool for evaluating a potential investment in a General, i.e., both Generals - Private Owner and Generals - Relatively Undervalued.

Get on the same page and write up general rules,» says Kira Vermond, author of The Secret Life of Money: A Kid's Guide to Cash.

As Brad Zimmerman writes on the Nasdaq.com website, «the general rule of thumb with alternative investing, according to Investopedia, is no more than 10 percent of your portfolio should go towards these investments.»

As a general rule, renters insurance is written on policy forms that are standardized by the Insurance Services Office.

However, as a general rule, support and resistance lines and trend lines are good starting points for analyzing technical setups and I wrote about one such setup last week with Chris Vermeulen giving us an example in this chart of what he saw headed into the week of the 14th (chart courtesy of The Gold and Oil Guy):

Several companies, including General Electric Co., Pfizer Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Exxon Mobil Corp., recently wrote letters to the SEC urging the agency to hold off on eliminating the broker vote rule change until the agency undertakes a broader review of proxy rules.

Despite my general rule of thumb that a card offer isn't worth writing about unless it goes up by at least 10,000 miles, I don't consider this a great offer.

Taking photos is pretty much expected at a convention, especially since there are so many awesome costumes on display, but the general rule, as you'll see written on most convention's guidelines, is to ask permission before taking a picture.

As a general rule, I choose not to write about individual XBLA games on this blog.

Before you set out into the world to write the next great American explainer video script, here are a few general rules to consider.

Another suggestion from a former DOJ official under Clinton: Write a brief letter to Attorney General Ashcroft, asking for a DOJ review of the issue, a review of the DEA's proposed rules, explaining the movement among states to authorize industrial hemp as an agricultural crop.

As a general rule (as we have written elsewhere on this site), solar power has a lot of advantages.

Now Michael Pollan's Food Rules wasn't my favorite book of his, but it was a best - seller and a new edition is being written — and Pollan is in general a fine writer.

The curious thing about this is that the rules protecting dealers were developed to as a defence against General Motors and Ford in the first place; as James Surowiecki wrote in the New Yorker, dealers were afraid of losing their turf or being dropped.

The rule came about as a result of the top court's landmark 2002 decision in R v. Neil, when former justice Ian Binnie wrote that in general «a lawyer may not represent one client whose interests are directly adverse to the immediate interests of another current client» even if the two mandates are unrelated, unless both clients consent after receiving full disclosure.

There is no reason to find that the general practice is against our rules,» wrote hearing panel chairman William Simpson in a 47 - page ruling.

The author, an English professor and faculty member of New York University Law School's Seminar for Appellate Judges, argues to judges that good judicial writing is similar to good writing in general because the same rules of organization, style, and composition apply to both.

In France, any retention of title clause must be in writing — this is contrary to the general rule that oral commercial contracts can be valid.

It is clear these rules do not consider how they affect the general public and are written for industry.

The general rule is that entities may not represent themselves «pro se» through non-lawyer officers and must have a licensed attorney represent them in any court matter (in practice, a court will usually allow an officer or manager to write a letter to the court asking for a brief extension of time to a deadline to obtain a proper lawyer, even though that is logically inconsistent).

A judge of the House of Lords wrote, a bit more than a decade ago, that in the case the judges were deciding the were involved in «a practical attempt, under adverse conditions, to preserve the general perception of the law as system of rules which is fair» (White v. Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1998] UKHL 45, [1999] 2 A.C. 455 at 511.)

As a separate general rule, a document that would create a legal interest in land in Ontario must be in writing and signed, or an authority for an agent to sign that document must be in writing; otherwise, it's void for that purpose (Ontario Statute of Frauds).

Another general rule is that when the parties make legal arguments, orally or in writing, and the court makes no conclusions of law, the court is presumed to have adopted the conclusions of law advanced by the prevailing party if that is consistent with the court's ultimate resolution of the case.

In her capacity as assistant general counsel, Johanna creates public health policy — researching and writing rules of conduct — and prosecutes medical professionals during administrative hearings before state health boards.

What I wrote about blogging a couple of months ago applies equally to other forms of social media (although I'm not conceding that blogs ought to be considered social media, as a general rule):

In a June 2013 Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision, Sorensen v. easyhome Ltd., Justice Paul Perell wrote: «As a general rule, cy - près distributions should not be approved where direct compensation to class members is practicable.»